THE TEACHER is the feature debut of Palestinian British filmmaker Farah
Nabulsi who endeavours to take audiences on an intense, emotional journey
into the lives and experiences of those living in occupied and colonised
Palestine, and lift the curtain on the hardships and difficult choices they
have to make. The film stars Saleh Bakri (“The Blue kaftan”, “The Present”,
“Wajib” and “The Band’s Visit”), Imogen Poots (“Vivarium”, “Green Room”,
“28 Weeks Later” and “Baltimore”) Muhammad Abed El Rahman, Stanley
Townsend, Paul Herzberg, Mahmoud Bakri and Andrea Irvine.
The Teacher follows a Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) who struggles
to reconcile his lifethreatening commitment to political resistance with his
emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and
the chance of a new romantic relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen
Poots).
The Teacher
1h 55m
Director: Farah Nabulsi
Cast:Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, Muhammad Abed El Rahman, Stanley Townsend, Paul Herzberg, Mahmoud Bakri and Andrea Irvine
